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NGC2870

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:27:53.7
Declination: +57:22:33
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, S, E, vglbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2870

17.5" (4/4/92): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 4:1 WNW-ESE, 2.0'x0.5', brighter core.  Located 4.5' NE of a mag 10 star.